⚡ TL;DR:
- New Models, New Confusion: OpenAI launched o3, o4-mini, and GPT-4.1. If you thought you understood their model lineup, think again. 😅
- Memory & Privacy Concerns: OpenAI is using your ChatGPT input data to train and sell... except in the EU, because laws there are scary. 🇪🇺
- Ex-Founders, Billionaire Dreams: Mira Murati and Ilya Sutskever are raising billions for startups that so far only exist as PowerPoint decks. 📈
- Naming Mayhem: It's as if Elon Musk named their models after his kids. 🛸
💸 Let’s Talk Money First
It’s no secret that when OpenAI kicked Sam Altman from the board, they handed Mira Murati the interim CTO badge — and with it, a golden ticket. 🎫
She quickly realized that being CTO mainly meant speaking at conferences, promising wild things that would probably never happen, and getting standing ovations for it. Somewhere along the way, it clicked: why work hard building the future when you can just promise it and live like a billionaire?
Meanwhile, Ilya Sutskever looked around, nodded, and thought, "Same." 🤷♂️
So here we are: two ex-OpenAI leaders raising billions faster than politicians making campaign promises. No product? No problem. Vision? Just sprinkle in "superintelligence" buzzwords and watch the cash rain down — to the tune of $3 billion. 🌧️ 💵
🔒 Privacy? What Privacy?
Remember the good old days when paying for a product meant you weren’t the product? Pepperidge Farm remembers. 🍪
Usually, you either paid with cash or your data. Fair game. But OpenAI said: "Why not both?" 😈
Now they’re double-dipping — charging subscriptions and mining your data. Gotta fund those GPU infernos somehow. 🔥
The kicker? They won’t tell you who gets your data, or what creepy profile they’re building. If you didn’t turn off ChatGPT’s memory, it’s already writing your autobiography. 📚
Oh, and their new "hard memory" feature? Rolling out globally — except in the EU, where privacy laws hit harder than a reality check. ⚖️
If you still want to use ChatGPT safely, your best bet is through API clients — or just yelling your prompts into a pillow and hoping for divine intervention. 🙏
🎪 Naming Conventions — or Lack Thereof
The grand circus of model names continues. It feels like OpenAI locked interns in a room with Red Bull and bingo balls, then called it "branding." 🤯
Following these announcements is like decoding ancient Sumerian scripts: numbers, footnotes, disclaimers, tears.
Here’s the lowdown:
o3: OpenAI’s smartest, most expensive, and slowest model yet. Think old man yelling at a cloud levels of slow. 🧓☁️
Where would you use o3? Medical research, legal AI advisors, deep analytical tools — basically any project pretending it’s building Skynet. 🤖
- o4-mini: o3’s little brother who skipped leg day. Smaller, faster, cheaper, slightly dumber. Perfect for coding tasks, scripts, and LinkedIn hustle posts.
- GPT-4.1: The unsung hero. Fast, cheap, reliable — the Toyota Corolla of AI models. 🚗
Devs will love it because it won't torch their AWS credits.
Pro tip:
If you’re building apps — go with GPT-4.1.
If you’re building philosophical manifestos — maybe shell out for o3. 🧠
🌎 The Bigger Picture
Look, if you’re thinking scary things are ahead — don’t. We live in a time where computers get smarter every day. 🖥️🧠
You can automate half your work, boost your results, and make your life easier just by delegating tasks to the machine.
I do that every day, and honestly? You should too. 🔥
AI is the best tool we’ve got — and for most people, it’s basically free.
End. 🎬
